Ancient Myths in Culture 03-AP-AMCU

Week 1: Theoretical principles of mythography and reception studies.
Week 2: Philosophical, social and cultural context of early modern and modern using of mythology. Christianization.
Week 3: Myth and its reception I: Orpheus and Eurydice.
Week 4: Myth and its reception II: Ulysses.
Week 5: Myth and its reception III: Dido and Aeneas.
Week 6: Myth and its reception IV: Apollo and Hyacinthus.
Week 7: Myth and its reception V: Apollo and Daphne.
Week 8: Myth and its reception VI: Oedipus.
Week 9: Myth and its reception VII: Electra.
Week 10: Myth and its reception VIII: Helen of Troy.
Week 11: Myth and its reception IX: Lucretia.
Week 12: Myth and its reception X: Ariadne on Naxos.
Week 13: Myth and its reception XI: Iphigenia.
Week 14: Myth and its reception XI: Myths in Aristophanes’ Birds.
Week 15: Myth and its reception XII: Conclusion and final remarks.

Module learning aims

Module aim: Effects of education – skills and competences: Student is able to: define and use listed concepts; understand reception and transformation (esp. Christianization) of chosen classical myths in early modern and modern culture; describe cultural history of chosen myths; compare using and meaning of myths in various works (literature, painting, theater, opera, film).

Module type

elective

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

Basic knowledge of Classical Mythology.

Course coordinators

Piotr Urbański

Bibliography

Robert A. Segal., Myth: Very Short Introduction, Oxford Univ. Press 2004.
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology, ed. Roger D. Woodard, Cambridge Univ. Press 2007 (chapters: 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 16).
H. David Brumble, Classical Myths and Legends in Middle Ages and Renaissance, Greenwood Press 1998 (selected entries).Information on where to find course materials: the library of Polish and Classical Philology Faculty (other information will be provided by teachers during classes).

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